SECTION
PERSPECTIVE
With that said, technology is either hindered
or enhanced by the design and planning of the
building’s architecture. Aevitas made a conscious
decision to focus on designing a building that
put flexibility and adaptability at its core. In this
respect the planning works harmoniously with the
technology and equips Deloitte to respond to a fast
and ever-changing global environment.
Landscape Architecture
From the outset, the building’s large ground floor
podium provided an opportunity to develop exciting
spill-out spaces associated with the multiple
openings in its completely transparent façade,
which allows the landscape to be enjoyed from
inside the building as well as outside it.
On the ground floor podium there are six main
outdoor spaces packed close to the building. These
six spaces define Deloitte’s landscape design.
The three oval spill-out spaces east and west
of the building feature granite planters filled with
a varied array of plants. Large evergreen trees
combined with a variety of shrubs are almost within
touching distance of boardrooms and offices,
inviting employees out of the building and into the
landscape furnished with modified wood benches
and decks for comfortable informal gathering.
The canteen area spill-out space extends the
building’s canteen out into the landscape. Lots of
deck space for restaurant style eating outside, oval
planters at seating height and an outdoor pizza
oven provide a functional yet enjoyable eating
space surrounded by large trees standing in lush
beds of shrubs.
The southern contemplation space features
a truly beautiful long curved seating wall with
custom tapered concrete copings on which
building employees can sit and enjoy spectacular
views of the Johannesburg skyline to the south.
The stars of the planting mix here are the large
Erythina lysistemon trees nestled in the curves
of the seating wall and framed by agapanthus
species, ornamental grasses, and sedges. Two
oval grass mounds with straight timber clad
benches situated in the flat space between the
seating wall and the building façade add to the
visually inviting character of this space, especially
when looked at from inside the building.
The northern contemplation space is a biodiversity
garden with all-seasons evergreen
lawn and straight timber clad benches providing
a contrasting foreground to three bio-diversity
mounds. Each mound contains plants from a
different biome. One mound features sedges,
another features fynbos, and the last one features
highveld grasses. A meandering pathway bordered
by a beautiful curved seating wall wraps behind
the mounds, separating them from the veld grass
landscape situated furthest from the building.
Waterfall City Deloitte’s landscape successfully
achieves water sensitive design. The water wise
indigenous plant palette is irrigated with storm
water harvested from the building roof and with
harvested basement seepage water.
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